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Trinity College Dublin Acceptance Rate: Admissions Statistics and English Requirements

Trinity College Dublin does not publish an acceptance rate. Through the Irish CAO system it made 3,976 Round 1 offers for 2026 entry; for 2025 it made 4,059 Round 1 offers, when 23,548 CAO applicants listed a Trinity course and 11,233 put Trinity first.

Most Irish and EU applicants apply to Trinity through the Central Applications Office (CAO), listing courses at several institutions in order of preference, and places are allocated by CAO points. Trinity publishes how many CAO applicants chose its courses, how many offers it makes in Round 1 and the minimum points for each course — but not an acceptance rate, and no figures for non-EU applicants, who apply to Trinity directly. This page shows what Trinity publishes and what each number means.

Figures read from official sources on 3 October 2026 · LingoLeap Admissions Research

Trinity College Dublin acceptance rate by year

Trinity College Dublin applicants, admits and acceptance rate by admission cycle
Cycle	Applicants	Admitted	Acceptance rate
2026 entry · CAO	13.6% of Level 8 CAO applicants put Trinity first	3,976 Round 1 offers	Not published source
2025 entry · CAO	11,233 put Trinity first (August)	4,059 Round 1 offers	Not published source
2025 entry · CAO applications (March)	23,548 listed a Trinity course	—	Not published source
2024 entry · CAO	10,015 put Trinity first	3,897 Round 1 offers	Not published source

Trinity CAO offers and demand (these are not acceptance rates)

Trinity College Dublin acceptance rate by admission round, college or applicant group
Group	Cycle	Rate	Detail
Round 1 offers for applicants' first-preference course	2026	58%	Share of Trinity's 3,976 Round 1 offers source
Round 1 offers for applicants' first-preference course	2025	60%	Share of Trinity's 4,059 Round 1 offers source
CAO applicants who listed a Trinity course	2025	28%	23,548 of 84,572 CAO applicants (26% in 2024); 50,947 Trinity course applications source
Single honours courses filled by random selection	2026	7 courses	Applicants on the minimum points did not all get places (6 courses in 2025) source
Minimum Round 1 points, Medicine (TR051)	2026	741 points	Including the HPAT test; not all applicants on 741 received offers. Law (TR004) 578, Computer Science (TR033) 519 source

What the numbers mean

Dividing Trinity's offers by its applicants does not give an acceptance rate. A CAO applicant can list up to ten Level 8 courses at different institutions, so the 23,548 people who listed a Trinity course in 2025 include many who preferred, and accepted, a place elsewhere. Round 1 offers are also only the first round: further offers follow in later rounds, and Trinity does not publish its total offers or acceptances.

CAO places go to the applicants with the most points, so the meaningful measure of selectivity is each course's minimum entry points. In 2026 Round 1, Medicine (TR051) needed 741 points including the HPAT test, Management Science and Information Systems Studies 625, Global Business 601, Mathematics 601, Law 578, Business, Economic and Social Studies 567 and Computer Science 519. For courses marked R, such as Medicine, Law and Global Business, not every applicant on the minimum points received an offer.

Non-EU applicants, including students from the US, China and India, apply to Trinity directly through its online application rather than through the CAO, and are assessed on their own qualifications. Trinity does not publish how many non-EU applications it receives or how many offers it makes, so there is no official international acceptance rate; figures quoted elsewhere are not Trinity's.

Trinity College Dublin TOEFL and IELTS requirements

Minimums for international applicants from the university's own pages. Since 21 January 2026 TOEFL iBT reports a 1–6 band score; the notes give the older 0–120 equivalent where the university states one. Convert TOEFL and IELTS scores.

Undergraduate and postgraduate · Band B (standard entry, most courses)

TOEFL iBT: Tests after January 2026: 4.5 overall with 4.0 in each section (1–6 scale). Tests before January 2026: 90 overall with 21 in each section (0–120 scale).

IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each band

TOEFL iBT Home Edition is accepted with the same score conditions. Check each course page for whether it uses Band B or Band C.

Trinity College Dublin: English Language Requirements · checked 3 October 2026

Undergraduate and postgraduate · Band C (higher entry, some courses)

TOEFL iBT: Tests after January 2026: 5.0 overall with 4.5 in each section (1–6 scale). Tests before January 2026: 100 overall with 23 in each section (0–120 scale).

IELTS Academic: 7.0 overall with 6.5 in each band

Trinity College Dublin: English Language Requirements · checked 3 October 2026

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FAQ

What is the Trinity College Dublin acceptance rate?

Trinity does not publish one. It publishes CAO figures instead: for 2025 entry, 23,548 CAO applicants listed a Trinity course, 11,233 put Trinity first and Trinity made 4,059 Round 1 offers. For 2026 it made 3,976 Round 1 offers. Because CAO applicants list courses at several institutions and offers continue after Round 1, these numbers cannot be turned into an acceptance rate.

What is the Trinity College Dublin acceptance rate for international students?

There is no official figure. Non-EU applicants apply to Trinity directly and Trinity does not publish their application or offer numbers.

How many CAO points do you need for Trinity?

It depends on the course and changes every year. In 2026 Round 1, Medicine needed 741 points (including HPAT), Management Science and Information Systems Studies 625, Global Business 601, Law 578 and Computer Science 519. Trinity publishes the full list of minimum entry levels after each round.

Is Trinity College Dublin hard to get into?

For its most popular courses, yes: several need more than 600 CAO points, and in 2026 seven single honours courses used random selection among applicants on the minimum points. Demand is high — 13.6% of Level 8 CAO applicants put Trinity first in 2026 — but other courses have far lower minimum points.

What TOEFL score does Trinity College Dublin require?

For most courses (Band B), TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall with 4.0 in each section for tests taken after January 2026, or 90 overall with 21 in each section for tests taken before January 2026. Courses with the higher Band C requirement ask for 5.0 overall with 4.5 in each section, or 100 with 23 in each section. Home Edition is accepted on the same terms.

What IELTS score does Trinity College Dublin require?

IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each band for most undergraduate and postgraduate courses (Band B), or 7.0 overall with 6.5 in each band for courses that require Band C.